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'They're on a treadmill': Advocate for Lexington homeless ... - WUKY
WEBAug 28, 2024 · "It's manifesting itself in the way we feared," says Ginny Ramsey, longtime head of the Catholic Action Center. The center says HB 5’s unlawful camping provision is leading citations, crowded shelters, and people hiding from sight while sleeping outside.
Former councilmember Susan Lamb appointed new Fayette …
WEBJan 3, 2023 · Lamb was elected as 4th District representative in 2014 and completed her fourth term last week. Previously, she spent 21 years in the Council Clerk’s Office, serving first as the Deputy Council Clerk, and then as the Council Clerk, a position under the purview of the Fayette County Clerk. Lamb said, “I have worked in local government for ...
Kentucky Law Changed to Accommodate Amish Buggies
WEBApr 11, 2012 · FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Amish are now exempt from a longstanding requirement that they attach orange signs to their horse-drawn buggies. Gov. Steve Beshear signed a bill into law Wednesday that allows the Amish to use reflective silver or white tape on their buggies rather than the traditional slow-moving-vehicle emblems that they objected to on religious grounds.
Why Vets Drink: Improving Treatment for Alcohol & Substance …
WEBOct 25, 2012 · LEXINGTON, Ky. - This year nearly 400 veterans will seek help for alcohol dependence and drug abuse at the VA Medical Center in Lexington. “We’ll meet individually with the veterans when they first come in the program, kind of assess where they’re at, get a feel for what they need for what type of care,” says Jeffrey Morrison, a licensed clinical social worker at the VA.
Some Lexingtonians are seeing a big jump in property value
WEBApr 24, 2024 · Property value assessments have risen dramatically for many in Fayette County with this latest round of notifications, but officials are hoping property owners speak up if they feel the numbers are unrealistic.
Russian Company Bankrolling Troubled Kentucky Aluminum Plant …
WEBMar 18, 2021 · The long-delayed aluminum plant project near Ashland, Kentucky is facing another setback. According to a Bloomberg report, Rusal, the formerly blacklisted Russian company with a major stake in the 10-figure project, is suspending its investments while it awaits word that its U.S. partners have raised the necessary funds.So far the company has sunk at least $65 million in the proposed mill, to ...
Historian Says Breathitt Was Bloody, Just Don't Call It A 'Feud'
WEBOct 19, 2019 · The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America’s most famous feud, but it was relatively brief and subdued compared to the longer and more numerous instances of individual and mass violence in Breathitt County, Kentucky. In his book Bloody Breathitt - …
Western Kentucky boasts a front row seat for next week's solar
WEBApr 1, 2024 · That happy coincidence is best observed during solar eclipses, when the moon blocks the sun's light from reaching the earth. Next week on April 8th, a dozen counties in Western Kentucky will get that chance: the moon's shadow will pass directly over Paducah and Henderson as it makes its arc …
Dolly Parton lauds expansion of Imagination Library in Kentucky
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The Imagination Library gives away free books every month to kids from birth until the start of kindergarten. The program has been expanded to all 120 Kentucky counties. Since it began in 1995, the organization has given away 240 million books. Before treating the audience to an acoustic version of ‘Coat of Many Colors’ Parton gifted the ...